re: Arsenal 2013/2014 Season Long Thread

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should I have faith and get Cazorla on my new away kit?

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Yes. I wanna get my Zelalem jersey now. Vintage value or something.

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Suarez and Rooney are probably the only players who are worth the price tag attached

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Suarez is quickly becoming overpriced and Rooney has been overpriced for a couple seasons. They shouldn't try to pay too much for them. I'd rather not be left with buyers remorse.

I agree that Rooney is huge. Especially if you bring him to London with a new kit. Only problem is that he's getting slower and old. Suarez is not as marketable. He's big but getting a little too expensive. I'm just not sold that Suarez will be a great fit and produce on the same level. That will kill his marketability if he isn't great. Very risky buy in my opinion but I would rather Rooney based purely on commercial value.

On the back of the kit it would be "S.CAZORLA" right? no space between the period and s and c?

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Only problem is that he's getting slower and old.

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Rooney has never been a player who has relied on speed for anything. He's actually become much more complete of a player, with his ability to create and score goals. He can play wide, centrally or up top. If he can take care of himself, which is a big if, has the ability to play well into his late 30's. If you are buying him for 40 mil at his age, clearly you can deal with a depreciating asset. If you have that much to spend, you clearly aren't looking to get back a monetary amount, unless he fails completely, which is certainly a risk.

Suarez is a player who can fit into our scheme as well as anyone. Technical, superb on the dribble, he can start or end moves, can play by himself up top, and is versatile enough to play in any of the front four attacking positions. Not only that he, like Rooney, has actually produced in the PL. That type of proven goalscoring ability is worth the cost.

It's not like the 70 mil we have does us any good sitting in the bank.

if arsenal were to somehow reel in both higgy and lamela i would have to become a fan. 2 of my favorite river plate players of all time.

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both would be massive, massive signings and very helpful to our chance of winning a trophy

Probably not, but the pursuit itself is pleasing. We've restricted ourselves, because of the debts, and the incessant attention by the media placed on our trophyless run, to building up also-rans, hidden gems, and youth. While Suarez and Rooney are great players, they just don't feel right for the big bid if that makes any sense. It doesn't feel like they are coming here. The fact of the matter is that we need to spend big, not out of necessity per se, but to make a statement of intent that we are ready to compete financially in the 21st century.

yeah I was speaking hypothetically. though I think there's a 4% chance we get Suarez and 2.5% chance we get Rooney. very precise mathematical formulas led to those figures.

I don't know why we're leaving it late either or focusing on unlikely targets. our interest in Suarez should've been over by now. we should've pushed it to a resolution. I still think we can get Higuain, but it'll probably cost us £30m. I really don't want Fellaini. I'll be kinda if he's our big signing.

I do think we will spend, but leaving it late, it'll be interesting to see who we get. guys like bender, suarez, etc, guys we know we've bid on, were/are pipe dreams. we're going to have to overpay in this market.

Probably, but we really only need one or two players. We have a pretty good team right now, which is very close to winning things. I'd rather buy superlative players than settle. We've been settling for 8 years in the transfer market, so even if we don't get anyone, I think we should be able to compete, especially this year where all the major teams have managers in their first or second year (I don't know how to label Mourinho).

We are nearly two deep at every position (save for CB, ST and DM, though we have players who can play those positions in the squad), and this is the first year since 2005 we haven't had a major departure.

Our young midfield has grown together, and we haven't lost a game since March 3rd. We have lots of young talent that is eager to impress, and we've cleared out a bunch of dross from the wage bill. We've had a great summer so far. Of course, all this can change in an instant, but on paper this should be our best team since 2009-10, which was a title winning team, if not for (again) injuries.